Seychelles

Penal System

The Seychellois penal system is based on English common
law
and Napoleonic civil law. The judiciary system includes
the
Supreme Court and an Appeals Court. The president also
exercises
quasi-judicial powers, especially in national security
cases.
Seychellois law requires that military personnel be tried
by
court martial unless the president decrees otherwise.

The courts often sentence criminals to the Grand Police
Camp,
a high security prison run by the army on Mahé Island.
Amnesty
International reports that prison authorities often
require
prisoners to perform excessively strenuous labor.